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Results for drug abuse and addiction (scotland)
3 results foundAuthor: Casey, Jane Title: Assessing the Scale and Impact of Illicit Drug Markets in Scotland Summary: This report provides estimates of the size and value of the illicit drugs market as well as estimates of the eocnomic and social cost of illicit drug use in Scotland for the year 2006. Details: Edinburgh: Scottish Government Social Research, 2009. 101p. Source: Internet Resource Year: 2009 Country: United Kingdom URL: Shelf Number: 116504 Keywords: Drug Abuse and Addiction (Scotland)Narcotics and Crime (Scotland) |
Author: Best, David Title: Research for Recovery: A Review of the Drugs Evidence Base Summary: The publication of The Road to Recovery: A New Approach to Tackling Scotland’s Drug Problem by the Scottish Government in 2008 signalled a fundamental shift in the way we think of problem drug use and in the approach to the types of interventions that are appropriate to address it. In particular, the switch to a recovery model represented the recognition that the resolution of addiction problems involves not only the drug user, but also their families and communities. It also recognises that recovery is a complex process likely to endure over a number of years after the point of stabilisation or abstinence, and that it is likely to involve fundamental changes in an individual’s social functioning and personal wellbeing, as well as in their place in their community and wider society. The aim of this review was to assess the current state of the evidence base that will help underpin the delivery of the Scottish Government’s drugs strategy – The Road to Recovery. The review examined both the published research base and also the policy context in which the strategy sits, – this provides the link between the evidence base on addictions and the wider context of social inclusion, public health and economic development. Details: Edinburgh: Scottish Government Social Research, 2010. 207p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed September 13, 2010 at: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/321958/0103435.pdf Year: 2010 Country: United Kingdom URL: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/321958/0103435.pdf Shelf Number: 119789 Keywords: Drug Abuse and Addiction (Scotland)Drug Abuse PolicyDrug Abuse Treatment |
Author: McKeganey, Neil Title: Key Findings from the Drug Outcome Research in Scotland (DORIS) Study Summary: This occasional paper brings together for the first time the key findings arising from the Drug Outcome Research in Scotland study. The difficulties of conducting randomised controlled trials of drug treatment services have led to the endorsement of cohort studies (i.e. repeated follow-up interviews with a cohort of drug users receiving treatment in a range of different treatment modalities) as a pragmatic alternative research design for investigating treatment effectiveness. The DORIS study is the largest ever such cohort study of Scottish drug users, being a sample of 1007 drug users recruited from 33 drug treatment agencies (including five prisons) from across Scotland in 2001/02 and followed up at eight months (DORIS2), 16 months (DORIS3) and 33 months (DORIS4). At DORIS4, 70% of eligible respondents were re-interviewed, a follow-up rate which compares favourably with those of follow-up studies of the UK general population. The DORIS sample is almost sociodemographically identical to the population of Scottish drug users entering treatment in 2001 (and recorded in the Scottish Drugs Misuse Database). Concordance of self-reported drug use and oral fluid test data was high and attrition bias (i.e. differential loss to follow-up) was low. The main findings and implications from the research are presented in this report. Details: Glasgow: University of Glasgow, Centre for Drug Misuse Research, 2008. 67p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed August 22, 2011 at: http://www.gla.ac.uk/media/media_101969_en.pdf Year: 2008 Country: United Kingdom URL: http://www.gla.ac.uk/media/media_101969_en.pdf Shelf Number: 122441 Keywords: Drug Abuse and Addiction (Scotland)Drug Abuse TreatmentDrug OffendersPrisoners, Treatment Programs |